The Monkees drummer/singer Micky Dolenz has paid loving tribute to James Frawley, the prolific director of The Monkees series and The Muppet Movie, and many other projects over a long career behind the camera. Frawley passed away on Tuesday the 22nd of January. Dolenz wrote an email to Billboard that read, “Mourning the passing of […]
Weezer has been releasing their own music for almost twenty years. They recently did give in to the peer-group pressure last year and released not one but two Toto covers. The second, a rendition of “Africa,” was a surprise hit giving the band their first No. 1 song on Billboard’s Rock Airplay Chart, their first […]
Jimmy Buffett sang the national anthem at the start of today’s (Jan. 20) NFC Championship game, and the “Margaritaville” singer capped off his performance with an unexpected mic-drop. Before the LA Rams and the New Orleans Saints took the field, Buffett delivered his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and tossed his mic to the ground, […]
Billy Joel has announced his touring plans for 2019. He will be performing at eight stadiums in North America, including four ballparks he’s never played before. The “Uptown Girl” singer will play Camden Yards in Baltimore for the first time on July 26th, where he is the first artist to ever perform at the home […]
Guitarist Reggie Young, a Tennessee -based session player whose signature licks defined hit records from Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and many more, has died. He was 82. Friend and fellow Nashville Cats session musician David Briggs said Young died Thursday, January 17th, at his home in Nashville, Tennessee. Young started his extensive career […]
SiriusXM announced today that legendary rock band KISS will perform an intimate invitation-only show for SiriusXM subscribers and VIPs on Monday, February 11 at LA’s famed Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. The exclusive performance will air on KISS’ exclusive SiriusXM channel, KISS Army Radio. The special concert for SiriusXM […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana has announced he will hit the road with his band across North America this summer for the Supernatural Now tour. The three-month, 29-date celebration will commemorate two of the most important milestones in the iconic guitarist’s career: the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking, multiple Grammy-winning album […]
Bryan Ferry, a British music icon and soon to be inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, will hit the U.S. in 2019 playing songs from Avalon, solo & Roxy Music hits. The tour will begin July 30 in Toronto, Ontario, and travel across cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas […]
For WHO fans everywhere, the announcement of a brand new tour means only one thing: the world’s most untameable rock band is about to deliver the goods once again. Never ones for nostalgia, singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend will be unleashing the combustible force that is The Who, with symphonic accompaniment […]
The nature of Willie Nelson’s work has universal appeal, and so does the range of talent who took the stage to celebrate the life and career of Nelson at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw should have come as no surprise. With star studded guest performers, such as old […]